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• 'Back to Timor' (2025 Documentary)

  It has been 25 years since the NZDF and NZ Police began serving in East Timor. This year, a group of Kiwi East Timor veterans returned to Timor-Leste to film a documentary about their journey and to r…

• Online Cenotaph: Reflecting on 2024

  The following article was written by Victoria Passau, Online Cenotaph and Enquiry Services Manager, Auckland War Memorial Museum, Tāmaki Paenga Hira: As we move through 2025, the Auckland War Memo…

• Changes to the lists of Statements of Principles and accepted late-onset conditions, April 2025

  The Statements of Principles (SOPs) are a tool to determine if an injury, illness or death is service-related. On 10 April, 22 replacement Statements of Principles, eight new Statements of Principle…

• Ngā āhuatanga ka kitea e koe i muri i tō tuku i tō kerēme

  Step 1 Ka tae mai tō kerēme, ā, ka tukua he karere ki a koe kia mōhio koe kua tae mai Ka tukua atu he reta e mātou ki a koe, ki te whakamōhio atu ki a koe kua tae mai tō kerēme. Mā mātou…

• Last man out of Freetown: Lieutenant Colonel John Dyer’s experiences in Sierra Leone

  Lieutenant Colonel (retired) John Dyer, NZGD, was born in Gisborne and joined the New Zealand Army in 1981. He trained as an officer and served for 20 years. Together with training deployments to Aust…

• Personal Profile: Danny Nelson — Support Services Manager — RNZRSA

  This article was originally published as a segment in VA News.  Read the full edition of VA News Summer 2021 (external link) It wasn’t an auspicious start to my military career. It began when I…

• Your skills by rank

  A civilian employer will most likely not know what skills each rank level has. It's important to explain what your rank means and how it can benefit their organisation. The following shows what the av…

• The deployment review is almost complete — here's the summary

  Correction made on 13 February 2025:  In the List of all the deployments reviewed , Operation CORACLE's country was corrected to 'Bougainville', and its status was corrected to 'Did not meet the…

• Deployment review

  The deployment review is closed The review of deployments has ended and we are no longer accepting submissions.  Thanks to everyone who made a submission. Correcti…

• Services Cemeteries

  There are over 180 Services Cemeteries throughout NZ. Local councils can choose to set aside a part of a cemetery for the burial of certain service members and their spouse or partner. Find a Servi…